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@uiten gratta datent @titer Letters Patent No. 73,8'69, dated January 28, 1868.

Alll/[Frtil'ilillilllIN MEASURIllG-REGEIVER FOR STILL @in Sttttrle retina tu in tigen hitters zztcut matutino .ont at itt time.

TO AT'L WHOM IT MAY OONCELN:

Ee vit known that I, WILLIAM M. BLUME, oiNew York, in the eountyand State of New York, have invented a new and improved Receiver for Stills; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those shilled in the art to make and to the accompanying drawings, forming part ci' this specification.

Figure l represents a side elevation, part-ly in section, of my improved receiver, the plane ci' section being indicated by they line 2z: rv', g. 2.

Figure isa plan view, partly in section, of the same.

Figure 3 is a detail front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new m use the same, reference `being had ethod of constructing the receiver of a whiskey or other still; and its object is to so arrange the same that the quantity of its contents, at the time of observation, can at once he ascertained, and also how high the liquid stood 'when it was highest in the receiver.

The invention consists, first', in the arrangement of a bar, having cups made of glass or other suitable matea rial. .This bar is eet vertically within the receiver, and as the liquid rises within the same, the cups are filled te the same height to which the liquid rises, and if, by fraud or otherwise, some-oi` the liquid should be removed, the cups will always showhow high it stood. The bar, or a glass plate in the wall of the receiver, is also pro vided with a graduated scale, by means of which the contents 'of the still, at the time of' observation, can at once be ascertained. v l 4 The invention consists, second, in arranging a series of perforated plates within the receiver., and around the aforesaid bar, whereby the liquid will be caused to rise steadily around the bar.

The invention also consists in the use of a perforated false cover to the receiver, whereby the removal of liquid from the receiver is prevented, except by pumping it out through u. pipe in the said false cover. The real cover is closed down, and is locked by seal and Government stamp.

A, in the dran-ring, represents a receiver, to be attached to any suitable distilling-apparatus, or tu any appa= rat-us in which iluids are treated or prepared, The vessel A is made oi' sheet metal or other suitable material, and is provided with a hinged or other cover, A, which can be locked to the vessel by means of locks C C, orin any other suitable manner. By means of a vertical partition, D, the vessel'A is divided into two compartments, a and I), the formerthe receiving, the latter the measuiingconipartment. The compartment a is provided, near the' top, with a iixed perforated covcr,-E, which prevents any liquor being removed from the vessel. Onlythrough a hole, c, in lthe said cover E, may it be removed by pumping, if the cover B has been opened.- The liquid enters theA vessel through a pipe, F, which is fastened in the cover B, as shown. No liquid can thus be removed from the receiver hy opening a cock in one of the pipes, as the pipe F is the only one connected with the receiver, and that enters the same at the top. To prevent the tapping of any of the pipes conducting the liquid from the still to any ci the other vessels, I propose to cover the pipes with leather, cloth, or any other suitable material. The plate D is perforated at the bottom, and the .liquid rises in the compartment to the same height at -which it stands in a. For the purpose of making the liquid ris-e steadily in the compartment I, n, series of perforated partitions, (if G' G2 and G3, may be arranged in b, close to D, as shown. G is a wholly; perforated plate. G1 has only holes at or near the bottom. Gzis wholly perforated, and Gr3 is again perforated at the lower end. The number of these plates may be varied at will. Within the compartment Z is arranged a. removable vertical bar, H, on which a series of small glass or other cups, l, is arranged. These cups receive the liquid in any suitablimanrier, either through their upper opening, or through extensicn-pi'pes,re. A plie tion of the outer wall of the partition 5 is made of glass or other transparent substance, as shown at d in figs;

l and 2, so that the height of the liquid in the still may be observed from the outside. On a graduated scale,

j', its height at the time of observation is recorded, while the cups I shew how high it stood when it'was highest.

When the cover B is opened, the bar H can be taken out, and the contents of the cups can be fully inspected and recorded. Fraud against the revenue oiiicers will he eii'ectually prevented by the use of this apparatus;

Having thus desibed my invention, l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent' 1. The rod H, provided with the eups I I, #whereby 'allev height of-the liquid-is automatically recorded, as

set fort/he 2. Thearrangement oflthe perforated plates D Gr and Gr, whereby the liquor is caused to enter 'che measuringeornpertment b steadily, as described.

3. The perforated false cover E, Vwhen arranged below the real cover of a receiver, substantially as and.

for the purpose herein shown and described.

4. The arrangement and combination with eaoh other, of the vessel A, plates D Gr G, covers B and E, rod

H, and cups I, all made and operating substari't-ially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

WILLIAM M. BLUME.

Witnesses:

' WM. F. MeNaMAnA,

SoLoN C. KEMON. 

